Sharp County record., 1887-10-06
The ANARCHISTS.

i, Presenting The Case of the Con
domned Chicago Anarchists to the Uh'te"
States supreme Court-hrs' Parsons Ar
rested.
CHICAGO, Sept 24,--General Roger A.
PRYOR was quoted in yesterdays d'S,
matches as saying that he was undeciueo
lust what form of appeal he would take
in the Anarchists case, but that he should
attack the constitutionality of the Illinois
law regarding the construction OF the
inrv "This law has been in operation
since 1874" said General Pryor, "and mas
NOT vat been passed upon by the supreme
Court.n
81 have nothing to say about the mat
ter" Mr.. Grinnell replied with his usuai
urbnnitv to a reporter, who ventured TO
ask him what he thought of General Try
or,s views on the jury law. Il nave
already said that the Anarchist case can
NOT be carried into the United States Su'
preme Court on any preteXt whatever,
"The constitutonality of the law mas
never been called in question be-
fore" said Judge Jameson L
have not read the full report OIL
the Supreme Court decision IN the
Anarchist case. 1t may be that exceptions
were taken during the trial before Judge
Gary on this point If such exceptions
were taken the Supreme Court certainly
acted upon them. If no such exception
was taken during the trial the polnt can
not now be raised, as the United states
Supreme Court will only consider sucn
points as were raised during the trial Oh
the case. The act itself is the law
upder which all our Juries were
drawn, and if at some future time IL
should prove unconstitutional it would Oh
course, have a very widespread influence
upon Illinois courts in general IL Is GER
tainly a vital point"
Melville w. Fuller said that it was I'M
nossible to tell from the dispatch exactly
what defense General Pryor would make:
He had looked up the laws of 1874 ana
could find nothing to base an opinion on.
Lucy Parsons, the wife of the condemned
Anarchist, was arrested yesterday alter
noon for violating the city ordinance
against distributing hand-blllS on th9
streets. She was requested by an oflicer
to desist but refused, replying that she
was amenable to the laws. A great
crowd followed the policeman and MS
prisoner to the station. There she offered
her circulars to every one, not excepting
CAPTAIN O'Donnell. Continuing to refuse
to stop distributing the circulars, she was
locked up. The penalty for her otfenSe IS
a fine of not less than five dollars, nor
more than fifteen dollars. The circulars
were copies of Parsons address to the
public, published in Thursdays papers
GENERAL PRYOR CONFIDENT.
New York, Sept. 24.-Captain Black,
who arrived from ChicacO Thursday
niqht, was at the office of General Roger
A. PRYOR at eleven O'Clock yesterday
morning to present the case of the con-
demned Anarchists with the end i'll view
of carving the case to the United States
Supreme Court. General Pryor sal'
that he would not commit himself to
the management of the case at least until
he was made thoroughly acquainted Wlth
it. The consultation lasted until fifteen
minutes to two O'Clock. When Captain
Black came out from the lawyers sane
tum his face was wreathed in smiles. lie
would only say, however: 81 have won
General Pryor over, having explained
every thing to his satisfaction and con-
yinced him of the justness of our side"
General Pryor said: 81 am convinced
that the points taken by General Black
are excellent, and that an application for
a writ of error will be granted. l do moi
see how the application can be refused,
and we shall not lose a moment in carry
ing the case to Washington. say We
for | am now connected with the
case. | am confident that we shall
obtain the writ in time to prevent the ex-
ecution of the condemned men. In m
Judgment, formed from Captain Black
notes, the records show so many errors
that no great exertion will be necessary
for us to win. The unexpected may hap
pen, of course, but l have no fear"
MRS. PARSONS RELEASED ON BAIL.
CHICAGO, Sept 24.-Mrs. A. R. Parsons,
the wife of the condemned Anarchist, who
was arrested yesterday afternoon for circu-
lating he husbands 'appeal to the Ameri-
can people" was released from durance
vile after detention of about an hour,
business manager Bielefield of the Arbeiter
Zcitung giving security for her appear
ance to-day for trial. Mrs. Parsons say
she believes she has right to do all she
can to help her husband when he is con-
demned to death.